Wikimedia Labs was broken for a few hours on Thursday. It was due to a hardware problem. [۴]

Software changes this week

The new version of MediaWiki (1.25wmf7) has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since November 5. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from November 11, and on all Wikipedias from November 12 (calendar).

You can now use more editing tools for tables in VisualEditor. You can add rows and columns, merge cells, and edit table captions. [۵][۶]

The style and insert menus in the toolbar of VisualEditor now show fewer tools. This helps you see the most common tasks. You can see all items by clicking "More". [۷]

The way windows inside VisualEditor work has changed. VisualEditor should be faster and have fewer bugs. [۸]